The H Roundup for the week ending 10 September
Welcome to The H Roundup, your rapid review of the week with the most read news on The H, the security alerts and open source releases, and the essential feature articles – all in one quick-to-scan news item.
Top News
LibreOffice developer Michael Meeks compared the codebases of LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org and noted how they are quickly becoming very different, Linus Torvalds temporarily moved Linux development to GitHub following a recent break-in at Kernel.org, and further details about the DigiNotar breach were made public. Penetration testing Linux distribution BackBox released version 2.0 and Google updated Android on the Nexus S, but broke tethering in the process.
- LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org drift apart
- Linux development temporarily moves to GitHub
- DigiNotar breach due to disastrous security
- BackBox Linux 2 penetration testing distribution released
- Android 2.3.6 arrives for the Nexus S
- Development ceases on Pinta Paint.NET clone
- Dutch government takes control of DigiNotar CA
- DigiNotar attackers got over 500 certificates
- Popular sites hit by DNS hijack
- Android port for HP TouchPad making progress
Featured Articles
This week, openSUSE community manager Jos Poortvliet explained how to upgrade openSUSE to Linux 3.0, Thorsten Leemhuis looked at what's coming in Linux 3.1 for storage and filesystems, and also commented on Broadcom's work on its open source Wi-Fi driver. Glyn Moody discussed how forking Google's Android mobile operating system could work in the company's favour.
- Upgrading openSUSE to Linux 3.0
- Kernel Log: Coming in 3.1 (Part 2) - Storage and filesystems
- Kernel comment: The obstacle course of cooperation
- Is Android forking – and does it matter?
Open Source Releases
- Android 2.3.6 arrives for the Nexus S
- BackBox Linux 2 penetration testing distribution released
- Python 3.2.2 fixes regression
- OpenSSH 5.9 arrives
- Tomdroid Tomboy client for Android updated
- Browser makers update their DigiNotar disaster updates
- First update to KDE 4.7 released
- FreeBSD 9.0 gets a second beta
- Inkscape scalable vector editor updated
- MonoDevelop 2.6 brings new features
- Wireshark updates close security holes
For everything The H has published in the last week, check out the last seven days of news. To keep up with The H, subscribe to the RSS feed, or follow honlinenews on Twitter. You can follow The H's own tweeting on Twitter as honline.
(crve)